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Russian Civil War

Propaganda is an effective tool to sway a public’s opinion, and one of the most effective ways to spread a message is in posters. These posters would have messages in them, and every aspect is designed to sway one’s thinking

In revolutionary Russia, a multiparty civil war is in full swing. On the two sides are the “Red,” Bolsheviks and on the other the “Whites,” representing all other opposing sides, including capitalists, monarchists, and alternative forms of socialism. To promote

Soviet directors Sergei Eisenstein and Dimitri Vasilyev’s 1938 film entitled Alexander Nevsky is an exciting, rousing film that focuses on a battle between Russia and the Teutonic Knights of Germany. In the beginning of the movie, Alexander is introduced as

Following its seizure of power in 1917, the new Soviet government needed to establish itself quickly in the face of opposition from the so-called “Whites” — anti-Bolshevik elements of Russian society, backed by an amalgam of foreign powers — as

The poster that I have chosen is titled, “League of Nations”. This poster was made somewhere between 1917 and 1920 by an unknown artist (Russian Archives Online). This poster caught my attention because of the fact that it looks like

The roles of women changed dramatically over the course of the USSR’s history as leaders and economic conditions began to shift the balance of gender and power. Soviet communism liberated women from the home and gave them the opportunities to